Special Awards Japan 2027Establishment

Sorahana

Kanako Wakimoto

Tokyo, Japan

Game Changer Award

A personality who is strongly committed to imposing more egalitarian and inclusive, or sustainable and educational values in the kitchen or in the sector.

After seven years with Hiroshi Kanda, Kanako Wakimoto serves at Sorahana, in Tokyo’s Toranomon district, a kaiseki built around fish from Sagami Bay.

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